11.27.09
10 a.m. CST Friday, Nov. 27, 2009
Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
STATUS REPORT: STS-129-23
STS-129 MCC STATUS REPORT #23
HOUSTON – Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member crew landed
Friday morning at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, winding up a
successful 11-day flight to deliver heavy spare parts, other
equipment and supplies to the International Space Station.
Atlantis’ main landing gear wheels touched down at 8:44:23 a.m.,
followed by the nose wheel at 8:44:36 a.m. The shuttle’s wheels
stopped at 8:45:05 a.m. The mission duration was 10 days, 19 hours,
16 minutes, 13 seconds. Atlantis traveled 4,490,138 statute miles
over 171 orbits.
Commander Charles Hobaugh, Pilot Barry Wilmore and Mission Specialists
Leland Melvin, Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman, Robert Satcher Jr. and
Nicole Stott had near-perfect weather for their landing.
Stott is returning to Earth after 91 days in space. She spent 87 days
aboard the station, 80 of them as a member of the Expedition 20 and
21 crews.
Atlantis brought to the station about 14 tons of cargo in its payload
bay, including two large carriers with heavy spare parts that were
stored on the station. The shuttle also carried about a ton of cargo
in its crew cabin. It is bringing home about the same weight of cabin
cargo from the orbiting laboratory.
The astronauts are scheduled to return to Houston base for a Monday
“crew return” welcome at Ellington Field’s Hangar 990 about 4 p.m.
The public is invited.
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